Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoNails are just vestigial claws.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down15
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareNails are just vestigial claws.Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 month agoAnd teeth may have* developed from scales (no joke!) ;) Edit: added * as a result of the information below (thank you, again!)
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThere’s still debate over how exactly teeth originated.
minus-squareSandmanXC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 month agoSorry but it’s pretty well established that teeth developed because our skeletons wanted some air.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoJust be careful to not let the rest of those bones out. They try at night because they don’t like to be wet constantly.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoTeeth aren’t actually bone, technically, afaik.
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoOh, thank you! Didn’t know about this!
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoMy ancestor must have suffered from some sort of scale baldness, as I congenitally lack 4 permanent teeth. We don’t suffer from actual baldness though, luckily.
And teeth may have* developed from scales (no joke!) ;)
Edit: added * as a result of the information below (thank you, again!)
There’s still debate over how exactly teeth originated.
Sorry but it’s pretty well established that teeth developed because our skeletons wanted some air.
Just be careful to not let the rest of those bones out. They try at night because they don’t like to be wet constantly.
Teeth aren’t actually bone, technically, afaik.
Oh, thank you! Didn’t know about this!
Me neither.
Nice.
My ancestor must have suffered from some sort of scale baldness, as I congenitally lack 4 permanent teeth. We don’t suffer from actual baldness though, luckily.
Where’d you get my selfie from?